The Blair Witch Project

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Summary: All of that hype for THIS?
Review: I'll admit to reading a lot of the reviews here PRIOR to actually seeing the movie, and I did my best to have an open mind before putting the tape in the VCR. However, it didn't help. Despite the fact that I'll be considered as lacking in intelligence and imagination by the movie's fans, I have to say that I was extremely disappointed. The only thing "realistic" (and scary, I might add) about this movie was the selfish lack of character and profuse use of profanity displayed by the protagonists. (They brought enough batteries to film--with lights, no less--for DAYS, and yet no one thought to take along a cell phone, or walk along the riverbank so as not to go around in circles? ) In the final analysis, the only real talent exhibited by the filmmakers was their ability to use the Internet and other media to hype this nonsense to the public as an antidote to the typical overblown, effects-laden Hollywood horror movie. (Sorry, but two wrongs don't make a right) I have to laugh at all the press which would lead one to believe that Myrick and Sanchez are innovators with regard to the 'less is more' school of suspense films. It just so happens that there was this fellow named Hitchcock who did it for decades prior, and did it FAR better. You want an antidote to the typical crummy Hollywood suspense fare? Rent a copy of "Psycho"--now THERE'S a scary movie.

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Summary: Ed Wood Couldn't Make A Movie This Bad!
Review: This is without a doubt a film which should stand by itself as a true piece of garbage, not even deserving the title of "motion picture". It is a sad statement of our society that a THING this bad could have enough people like it, so as to enable the producers to make millions! It isn't even good enough for a laugh. Unbelievable GARBAGE! I'm using the DVD as a coaster.

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Summary: Badly Over Rated, Not scary
Review: Okay, kids are trapped in the woods with something (that you never see) following them. OOOOOOHHHH! Despite the poor acting and alot of swearing- it seems to be kind of a think movie. A movie that if you think about it, it might seem scary. Waste of money.

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Summary: Unscripted, and it shows
Review: Men on film: And now for The Blair Witch Project, Hated it! OK, in all seriousness, I did hate it. First, as my title says, it was horribly unscripted. They cursed and whined and swore and fought and profaned and complained and used colorful French, and in the end, particularly because of their French use(that's a joke), I really didn't care what happened to them. They weren't endearing characters, there was only the scantiest of a plot, which made me hate them all the more, and the ending was just...there. If you like cheap scares, see The Mummy. If you want less cheap scares, see Swirl of Echoes(I think that's the title). If you're habitually empathetic with all movie characters, regardless of jerkiness(pun intended), see The Blair Witch Project.

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Summary: Boring, No Plot
Review: this should have come on network tv. What a waste of $4.00! There was no plot, how do we even know the Blair Witch existed? We don't! I believe that these kids just wanted to make some loot and did. I have a story idea. How about the Blair Witch of the Ghetto! Now that's scary!

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Summary: Not scary, but innovative!
Review: I have to admit, I heard the hype before seeing it and I had high expectations,..you all know how that usually turns out! I am an avid horror buff and one of the die hards that think nothing scary was made since the Exorcist or The Haunting. Blair Witch delivers innovative and refreshing film making, but unfortunately, not too many real scares. I applaud the effort to follow in The Haunting's footsteps and create a film that includes the audience in it's creation by allowing us to use our immagination. This is suitable horror for the post-teen Scream/I Know What You Did Last Summer audience. It is fresh,exciting,and intelligent film-making, but don't expect to be jumping out of you seat.

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Summary: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
Review: I THOUGHT THE MOVIE WAS INTENSE AND IT KEPT YOU ON THE EDGE OFF YOUR SEAT. AFTER THE MOVIE WAS ENDED IT WENT BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION AND INTO YOUR PSYCHY. I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MOVIE FOR DAYS ON END.

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Summary: People who give this bad reviews are missing the point
Review: I'm tired of reading bad reviews of this film, which is truthfully an amazing ride and well worth your time and money (unless you suffer from motion sickness, in which case I've been told it's unbearable.) I went into this film in the theater not knowing what to expect, and because I knew that it was an extremely low budget film made on hand held cameras, I was not disappointed with what I saw. People who complain about this moving being amateurish are missing the point - amateurs MADE this movie. Considering the equipment they had available to them and the very little amount of money they spent, they did an excellent job. I was rivetted to the screen for the entire length of the film and anyone else with realistic expectations would be also. If you are expecting all films to be special-effects extravaganzas with explosions and aliens then yes, you will be disappointed. The whole point of this film is that it WAS made extremely cheaply and it IS raw. That's what makes it so real.

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Summary: Gives Me a New Appreciation for Bad Movies
Review: I now have a new standard for measuring bad movies since seeing the Blair Witch Project. After 6 months of hype, I saw the thing and couldn't believe how boring useless this film was. Later that week, a friend talked me into seeing The Haunting, another really bad "scary" movie. I rated The Haunting by saying that I would still rather see it 3 times than Blair Witch 1 time. Now my scale for bad movies is the BWP Meter. The Bone Collector, for example, was not SO bad. It just had some big plot holes and characterization problems. I'd see it 5 times before I'd see BWP once; therefore it's 5 on the BWP Meter.

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Summary: Could have been a good horror film, if.....
Review: Like most of the people out there, I was curious to see what all the talk was about on this movie. Family members had seen it and said it scared the daylights out of them. And these were people who don't scare easy. The only problem was that before I saw the movie, I saw one of the actors on Jay Leno. So when the ending came, I knew it wasn't true. And the ending made the whole movie. The actors/actress should have stayed hidden to make the movie more believable, then it would have scared the daylights out of me. Now you have to wonder, was any of the movie true?